The trajectory of modern theoretical physics is fundamentally defined by two towering, yet mathematically irreconcilable, paradigms: Einstein’s General Relativity, which models macroscopic gravitation strictly through the geometric curvature of spacetime, and the probabilistic framework of quantum mechanics, which governs the sub-atomic realm. While General Relativity has proven remarkably successful on astronomical scales—particularly in modelling phenomena such as gravitational redshift—its purely geometric axiom has proven notoriously difficult to reconcile with the thermodynamic properties of confined electromagnetic radiation. This limitation becomes acutely apparent when attempting to model John Archibald Wheeler's Gravitational Electromagnetic Entities (GEONs). Conceptualized as self-contained confinements of pure electromagnetic energy held together entirely by their own gravitational fields, GEONs represent a crucial theoretical bridge between light, mass, and gravity. However, for decades, mathematically stabilizing these entities has remained elusive within the standard geometric interpretations of the Einstein field equations. Empty spacetime geometry lacks the thermodynamic and fluid-dynamic language required to model the internal, continuous equilibrium necessary to prevent such confinements from either dissipating or collapsing into mathematical singularities. Concurrently, the probabilistic wave functions of standard quantum mechanics fail to naturally interface with continuous macroscopic gravitational interactions. To achieve a true mathematical unification, it is necessary to re-evaluate the strict boundaries between macroscopic field mechanics and quantum probability. This paper proposes that the historical abandonment of continuous, force-density field mechanics in favour of pure geometry was premature. By synthesizing the electromagnetic stress-energy tensor and the gravitational tensor, we introduce a continuous, macroscopic force-density equilibrium framework, termed the Local Intrinsic Field Equilibrium (LIFE). In this study, we mathematically demonstrate that gravitational redshift and stable electromagnetic confinement naturally emerge from this framework without requiring the axiom of spacetime curvature. By employing a first-order Taylor series expansion, we show that the exact LIFE equations yield a classical weak-field limit mathematically identical to standard geometric derivations. Furthermore, this framework successfully stabilizes Wheeler’s GEONs, modelling black holes as singularity-free macroscopic confinements. Finally, by introducing a quantum vector function, we reveal that these exact macroscopic field equilibriums fundamentally reduce to the quantum mechanical Schrödinger and relativistic Dirac equations, offering a rigorous mathematical unification of gravitational mechanics and sub-atomic physics.
Wim Vegt (2026) studied this question.